Beverage-dispensing apparatus.



G. KRIEGER.

BEVERAGE DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APIPLIOATION FILED 001'. 2a, 1009.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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G. KRIEGER.

BEVERAGE DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 0M. 29, 1009.

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CURT KRIEGER, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BEVERAGE-DISPENSING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 29, 1909.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911. Serial No. 525,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CUnr Kninonn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBeverage-Dispensing Apparatus; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to refrigerating systerns and more specifically toa unitary system for cooling various beverages dispensed from asoda-fountain.

One object of the invention is to provide a soda-fountain having anumber of separate compartments containing the flavoring syrups,ice-cream, and carbonated waters, with a cooling system comprising aplurality of intercommunicating jackets, each one of which surrounds aseparate compartment.

Another object is to provide a simple and compact system for cooling thevarious compartments that will be inexpensive to install and economicalto maintain.

WVith these and other objects in View, which will readily appear fromthe following description, my invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and setforth in the appended claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof andin which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus, with parts invertical section; Fig. 2 a perspective of the syrup-vessels coolingtrough; Fig. 3 a side elevation of the beverage cooling coil; Fig. 4 avertical section through the primary cooler, and Fig. 5 a horizontalsection through the same. Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section through aportion of the apparatus on line 66 of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

In the drawings, the numeral 4 designates a counter of a soda-fountainhaving a table 5 supported upon the ends 6 and beneath which is achambered ice box 7 provided with doors 8 for the reception ofmiscellaneous bottled beverages, and to one side of which is a chamberedcabinet 9 provided with doors 10 for the reception of various articles.Beneath the table 5 and in the upper portion of the cabinet 9 andice-box 7 is provided a trough 11 divided into a number of syrup-vesselpockets or chambers 12 so as to leave spaces between the pockets andwalls of the trough for the circulation of a cooling liquid about thesyrup-vessels placed in the pockets. a centrally disposed recess orchamber 13, to receive shaved or chipped ice, from the side walls ofwhich partitions, as shown in dotted lines, may extend up to the table5, and access may be had thereto through a hinged door 14. The portionsof the trough on each side of this shaved ice chamber are connected witheach other by a hollow neckportion 15 constituting the back wall of theshaved ice chamber and which permits the cooling liquid to flow from oneportion of the trough into the other so that it serves to cool theshaved-ice chamber as well as the syrup vessels. By reason of thistrough lying within the upper part of the ice-box and the cabinet thecool water flowing through the trough serves to cool said chambers.

From the side of the trough extends a drain-board or plate 16 whichopens into a sink 17 so that water directed onto the board may draininto the sink from which it will be carried off by a pipe leading to anypoint desired. The waste from the melting ice in the shaved-ice box willalso drain from the supporting plate or board on which the trough rests,through an opening in the front wall as shown, into the sink 17.

At the end of the counter and adjacent to the ice-box is formed arefrigerating apparatus comprising a vessel or compartment 18 adapted tocontain water and within which is placed a centrally disposeddouble-walled vessel 19 adapted to receive ice or a refrigeratingmixture between its walls and from which a drain-pipe 20 leads forconducting off the water arising from the melting ice therein. Thecentrally disposed vessel 19 is made separate from the vessel 18 so asto be removed when desired and the central space formed by the innerwall of the interior vessel serves to receive an ice-cream can or vessel21 provided with a cover 22. Vater is admitted to the outer vessel 18 bya valve-controlled pipe 23 and the overflow from the vessel is conductedby a pipe 24 The trough is formed with fountain.

to the trough v11 so that the overflow is utilized to cool the trough11, and the overflow from the trough is conducted by a pipe to the drainboard 16 or the sink l7.

WVithin the vessel 18 outside of the doublewalled vessel 19 is placed astack for cooling liquids that may be dispensed from the soda- Thisstack consists of a number of stand pipes 26 and 27 closed at the topand bottom and a series of hollow rings 28 and 29 connected to the standpipes by suitable detachable tubular couplings 30. The stand-pipes 27and connected rings 28 are independent of the pipes 26 and rings 29, andsaid pipes and rings alternate with each other as illustrated. Theuppermost ring 28 of one series is provided with an inlet pipe -31 andits lower ring with an exit pipe 32 which will lead in any appropriatemanner out through the water tank to the dispensing point, and theuppermost ring of the other series provided with an inlet pipe 33 andits lowermost ring with an exit pipe 34 leading in any appropriatemanner from the tank to the dispensing point. This enables differentbeverages, for instance, one soda and another a mineral water,to becooled at the same time. The beverage admitted to one series of ringsand pipes circulates through the connected rings and stand pipes fromtop to bottom of the stack whence it leaves the circulating system atthe point of lowest temperature, and the other beverage likewisecirculates through the other series of rings and stand pipes. The standpipes and rings of the stack being spaced apart from each other the coldwater in the vessel 18 comes in contact with all parts of the pipes andrings and the coldest water at the bottom of the vessel in contact withthe rings and pipes at the point where the beverage leaves the coolingsystem. The pipes and rings being spaced apart from each other a largesurface is exposed to the cooling water so that the best results areobtained.

The stack can be removed when desired by uncoupling the inlet and outletpipes therefrom and the stack then lifted out of the vessel. If any ringor pipe needs repairs, it can be uncoupled without disturbing the othersand be replaced by another if desired.

If the water in the vessel becomes too cold its temperature can beraised by opening the valve in its inlet pipe and thus the temperaturecan be raised by the admission of warmer water. The apparatus thusserves as an attemperator.

I have illustrated as much of a sodafountain and cabinet as is necessaryto illustrate the invention, and I have described with particularity thepreferred details of construction but it is obvious that changes can bemade in the parts without departing from the essentials of the inventionas defined in the appended claims.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claimis 1. A dispensing apparatus comprising a cabinet formed with chambers,a trough located at the upper portion of the chambers and formed withpockets to contain syrupvessels, said pockets on all sides being spacedapart from each other and from the walls of the trough for thecirculation of a cooling liquid, from one end of the trough to the otherand around the several pockets, and a primary liquid cooling vessel incommunication with said trough for the supply of a cooling liquid fromsaid primary cooling vessel into the trough, substantially as described.

2. A dispensing apparatus comprising a cabinet, a trough containedwithin the cabinet and formed with a centrally disposed recess for thereception of ice and with a number of pockets for syrup-vessels spacedapart from each other and from the walls of the trough for the passageof a cooling liquid, the trough on one side of said recess beingconnected with the portion on the other side by a connecting hollow neckportion, and a primary liquid cooling vessel in communication with saidtrough for the supply of a cooling liquid from said vessel into thetrough, substantially as described.

3. A dispensing apparatus comprising a vessel for containing a coolingliquid, a double walled receptacle located within said vessel forcontaining a cooling agent and formed with a centrally disposed chamberwithin the circumference of the inner wall of the receptacle, and acooling stack for beverages consisting of a series of standpipes andhollow rings having tubular connections with the stand-pipes, one seriesof the rings connecting with one series of stand-pipes and a separateseries with other stand-pipes for the circulation of different beveragesthrough each series of rings and stand-pipes, said stack being locatedin the vessel containing the cooling liquid, substantially as described.

4. A dispensing apparatus comprising a cabinet provided with a troughformed with pockets to receive syrup-vessels, said pockets being spacedapart from each other and from the walls of the trough for the passageof a cooling liquid, a primary vessel for containing a cooling liquidconnected with said trough for the supply of the liquid from said vesselto the trough, a double-walled receptacle located within said vessel forcontaining a cooling agent and formed with a centrally disposed chamberwithin the circumference of the inner wall of the receptacle, and acooling stack for beverages consisting of a series of stand-pipes andhollow rings having tubular connections with the stand-pipes, one seriesof the rings connecting with one series of stand-pipes and a separateseries with other stand-pipes for the circulation of differentbeverages, said stack being located in the vessel containing the coolingliquid, said parts beingso relatively arranged that the cooling agent inthe receptacle will cool the inner chamber thereof and the liquidcontained in the outer vessel, and the cooled liquid will cool thebeverage cooling-stack and flow into the trough to cool the syrupvesselscontained therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 15 in presence of twowitnesses.

CURT KRIEGER. WVitnesses:

ALFRED C. KRIEGER, S. Soo'r'r BATHER.

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